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  • The Little Girl And The Piano

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Apr 27, 2006
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     | 2,993 views

    The Little Girl and the Piano A little girl wanted to become a great pianist, but all she could play on the piano was the simple little tune, "Chopsticks." No matter how hard she tried, that was the best she could do. Her parents decided after some time to arrange for a great maestro to teach her ...read more

  • Do You Know Where Pearls Come From? They Come ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 25, 2006
     | 2,090 views

    Do you know where pearls come from? They come from oysters. An oyster is a shellfish that lives in the ocean. They have a very hard shell that protects them, but sometimes something like a small grain of sand can get inside the shell and it causes a lot of pain and discomfort for the oyster. God ...read more

  • Let Me Close With An Excerpt From Sharon Jaynes' ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,219 views

    Let me close with an excerpt from Sharon Jaynes’ book, “Celebrating a Christ-centered Christmas”: An African boy listened carefully as his teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas day. "The gift is an expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our friendship ...read more

  • The Nail-- As The Story Goes, They Built A New ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Apr 9, 2007
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    THE NAIL-- As the story goes, they built a new church building and people came from everywhere to see it. They admired its beauty! Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the lovely structure except the nail! No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and ...read more

  • Long Walk Part Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
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    "Long Walk Part of Gift" A young boy once came up to a missionary and said, “I love you and I want you to have this.” He pulled from a straw basket the most beautiful shell the missionary had ever seen. As she admired its beauty, she recognized it as a special shell only found on the far side of ...read more

  • Because You Did, Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,452 views

    "BECAUSE YOU DID, DAD." James Bryan Smith begins this chapter of his book by telling a story about taking his six year old son to an amusement park. While at the park, he and his son got on a ride. A teenage boy buckled them into their seats and then started the ride. The entire time during the ...read more

  • A Friend Of Mine Pastors In The Bloor West ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Nov 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,684 views

    A friend of mine pastors in the Bloor West village in Toronto and runs a "God at the Pub" where he holds open discussions on the Christian faith in a bar setting. He told me the other day that he has all sorts of people there who are not people of faith, but who have told him they want to model ...read more

  • I Recently Read Of A Sign Which Hangs On The Wall ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    I recently read of a sign which hangs on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, a children’s home in Calcutta, which reads; People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, love them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives, be kind anyway. If you are successful, you ...read more

  • We Carve What We Already See

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    WE CARVE WHAT WE ALREADY SEE I heard the story once of a great Cherokee wood carver. He took logs and sat them on a stump outside his back door and sat in front of that log sometimes for hours just staring at it. Finally, he would pick up his carving tools and start carving the most beautiful of ...read more

  • Sure ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    SURE DESTINATION I heard about an 83-year-old man who had lived his entire life as a bachelor. One day this man gathered his four nephews and announced that he was planning to be married. His nephews were in shock. One spoke up and said, "Uncle are you getting married because this woman is ...read more

  • The Cracked Pot  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 27, 2002
    based on 145 ratings
     | 8,564 views

    THE CRACKED POT A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the ...read more

  • An Interviewer Once Asked A Famous Movie Actor & ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 12, 2002
    based on 86 ratings
     | 1,682 views

    An interviewer once asked a famous movie actor & comedian: "What’s it like when you kiss a girl in a movie? Do you ever get emotionally involved?" "Oh," he said, "I once kissed a very beautiful actress on the screen, and it meant nothing to either of us. Of course, the ...read more

  • How Often Christians Assume They Have Worshiped ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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    How often Christians assume they have worshiped God simply because they have been in church! We are told that the church building is "God’s house" (an inaccurate designation borrowed from the Old Testament temple) and conclude that worship must take place there! Not necessarily. God was not pleased ...read more

  • A Hymn From The Catholic Liturgy Of The Hours

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 20, 2005
     | 1,669 views

    a Hymn from the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours Spirit of God, on the waste and the darkness Hov’ring in power as creation began, Drawing forth beauty from clay and from chaos Breathing God’s life in the nostrils of man, Come and sow life in the waste of our being, Pray in us, form us as sons ...read more

  • A Girl Knelt In The Confessional And Said, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Eatock on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,100 views

    A girl knelt in the confessional and said, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." "What is it, child?" "Father, I have committed the sin of vanity. Twice a day I gaze at myself in the mirror and tell myself how beautiful I am." The priest turned, took a good look ...read more

  • When The Author Walks On The Stage The Play Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 1,735 views

    "When the author walks on the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right...something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise...it will be too late then to choose your side. There ...read more

  • A Time Of Expecting An Event Is So Exciting. ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Oct 21, 2006
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    A time of expecting an event is so exciting. Although when we talk of expecting most times our minds go to babies, but that need not always be the case. It can just as easily be a holiday, a present, a new job, even that special phone call! Babies of course are special, the birth of a baby ...read more

  • Mothers Get The Red Carpet Treatment On Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 22, 2007
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     | 1,701 views

    Mothers get the red carpet treatment on their day, with fabulous brunches and beautiful bouquets. For the fathers, however, retailers have cleverly priced almost everything under $9.99! Case in point: the Talking Fly Swatter. It’s a lime-green fly swatter with a little speaker that says ...read more

  • Legend Tells Us That The First Christmas Trees ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 17, 2007
     | 1,847 views

    Legend tells us that the first Christmas trees originated with the famous reformer, Martin Luther back in the early 1500s. He was strolling through a forest in northern Germany one evening. Struck by the beauty of the moonlight shining on the fir trees, he went home determined to recreate the ...read more

  • The Statue And The Cross

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 22, 2009
     | 4,010 views

    THE STATUE AND THE CROSS The Statue of Liberty stands across from the Island of Manhattan in New York. Soldiers, on their return from overseas, often speak in awe of the feelings they had as they sailed into the harbor and viewed the "Torch of Freedom" in Lady Liberty’s hand. To the Christian, ...read more